Leg 8 of the race is underway Portsmouth to Rotterdam - taking the long way around the islands.

Here's a quick wrap up of what happened after leg 7.

ABN AMRO One won leg seven from New York to Portsmouth, England. They also won the Portsmouth in-port race. The points from those wins have secured them first place overall with two legs and one in-port race left to sail. Pirates of the Caribbean are currently in second overall with Brazil 1 in third. Neither of those places is secure so these last three starts still matter.

Despite several flights over the likely area the crew has been unable to locate the yacht Movistar that they were forced to abandon during leg seven.

In honor of their lost teammate, Hans Horrevoets, the crew of ABN AMRO Two have unanimously elected to continue sailing. They are well within range of knocking off either Brazil 1 or Pirates.

There were a couple of special awards given in Portsmouth. ABN AMRO Two received an award for outstanding seamanship for not only their tremendous effort to rescue Hans Horrevoets, but also for their rescue of the crew of Movistar.

Movistar won a special media award for the video they captured as they abandoned ship in the north Atlantic. Movistar skipper, Bouwe Bekking, immediately handed the $1000 prize to the skipper of ABN AMRO Two for the family of Hans Horrevoets.

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